Universal TV (German TV channel)

Universal TV

Country	Germany
Broadcast area	Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Headquarters	Munich, Germany
Programming
Language(s)	German/English
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Sky Deutschland
Sister channels	13th Street Syfy
History
Launched	5 September 2013;11 years ago (2013-09-05)
Former names	Universal Channel (2013-2018)
Links
Website	www.sky.de/sender/universaltv
Availability

Universal TV is a German pay-tv-channel, operated by Sky Deutschland and headquartered in Munich. The station was announced on 22 May 2013 and launched on 5 September 2013. ^[1]

In the course of the global renaming of Universal Channel into Universal TV, the channel was renamed in Germany on 2 July 2018. ^[2]

It was folded into Sky Deutschland operations in December 2023.

Programming

The programme consists of a mixture of feature films and series, the latter being the major part of the program. The station's prime time starts at 9 pm and is filled, among other things, by exclusive first broadcastings. The complete program is also available in the original version, in addition to German synchronization. ^[3] In addition to series already broadcast on other stations, German-language first-time broadcasts are also offered.

Current

Sources: ^{[4] [5]}

• Bones (Bones – Die Knochenjägerin) (2022–present)
• Castle (2013-2014, 2016–present)
• Chicago Fire (2013–present)
• Chicago Med (2016–present)
• Chicago P.D. (2018–present)
• Fire Country (2022–present)
• Grimm (2024–present)
• House (Dr. House) (2023–present)
• Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham (Men in Kilts) (2021–present)
• Modern Family (2024–present)
• Outlander (2021–present)
• The Rookie (2024–present) (also on Sky One and ZDFneo)

Former

• 'Til Death (Ehe ist...) (2015–2017)
• According to Jim (Immer wieder Jim – Jim hat immer Recht!) (2016–2019)
• Anger Management (2015–2017)
• Baby Daddy (2014–2017)
• Bates Motel (2013–2017)
• Burden of Truth (2020–2023)
• The Catch (2017–2019)
• Charmed (Charmed – Zauberhafte Hexen) (2022–2023)
• Chicago Justice (2017)
• Departure (2019–2024)
• Desperate Housewives (2022–2023)
• Devious Maids (Devious Maids – Schmutzige Geheimnisse) (2014–2017)
• The Driver (2015–2016)
• Ghost Whisperer (Ghost Whisperer – Stimmen aus dem Jenseits) (2013–2015)
• The Goldbergs (Die Goldbergs) (2016–2017)
• Go On (2013, 2015–2017)
• King Solomon’s Mines (Quatermain und der Schatz des König Salomon) (2023–2024)
• Kojak (2018–2019, 2021)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Criminal Intent – Verbrechen im Visier) (2013–2022)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013–2018)
• The Librarians (The Quest) (2015–2020)
• Life (2014–2017)
• The Magicians (2022–2023)
• Medium (Medium – Nichts bleibt verborgen) (2015–2017)
• Melissa & Joey (2014–2016)
• Monk (2016–2021)
• Nurses (2020–2023)
• Psych (2014–2021)
• Rake (2014, 2016)
• Royal Pains (2016–2017)
• Secrets and Lies (2015–2016)
• State of Affairs (2015–2016)
• Superstore (2016–2019)
• Upright (2020–2024)
• Weeds (Weeds – Kleine Deals unter Nachbarn) (2014)
• Young Hercules (Der junge Hercules) (2014–2016)

Logos

• 
  5 September 2013 – 1 July 2018
• 
  2 July 2018 – present
• 
  Universal TV HD

Audience share

Germany

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Annual average
2017 [6]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1% '
2018 [7]	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%

References

1. "Universal Channel geht in Deutschland auf Sendung". horizont.net. HORIZONT Online. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
2. Schwegler, Petra (4 May 2018). "Aus Universal Channel wird Universal TV". wuv.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
3. "Matthew Perry und «Chicago Fire» zum Start des Universal Channel". 23 July 2013.
4. "Wunschliste". wunschliste.de. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
5. KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Serien nach Sendern: Universal TV". fernsehserien.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-17.
6. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2017" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
7. "KEK/Zuschaueranteile 2018" (PDF). kek-online.de. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

External links

• Official website (in German)